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PatntedApr.517,1888.

UNITED STATES vMYRON sToNE, oF TEXAS, NEW YORK.

YPATENT OFFICE. A j

BeEn-PITCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming parrot Letters' Patent No. 381,291, dated apri/i laisse.y

Application filed January 14, 1858. SeraljNo. 2605705. (No modell Y ToaJZZ whoml it may concern.'

Be it known that I, MYRON SToNE,of Texas,

ments in Beer-Pitchers, of which the following, takenin connectonwith the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of. this invention is to provide pitcher by means of which beer and analogous effervescent liquids can be dealt out, so as to separate the foam from the clear liquid when desired and allow eitherl to be'poured'from the;

\ pitcher at will of the manipulator ofthe pitchhodying my invention; and Fig. 2 is a front Y er; and to lhis end niy invention consists in the novel construction and combinationof the constituent parts of the pitcher, as hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical t'ransversesection of a beer-pitcher enit-Ievation of .the saine, with the spout broken away Yon line .r x, Fig. l, to better illustrate the valve by means of which the egressesl of the clear liquid and of' the foam are controlled.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. Arepresentsthe receptacle or pitcher proper, which is provided with ports a a', respectively .at or near the base and at or near the top, and

with a spout, b, extending from beneath the port a to ythetop of said receptacle A. At opf posite sides of the ports a af are vertical guidecleats c c, secured to the receptacle, andin I said guides slides a valve, d, which is of a length to reach from the bottom of one port to the bottom of the other portwhen said valve` is pushed down, and `thus close the lower port and openl the upper, and when drawnup said valve closes Ythe upper port and .opens they lower port, as shown in the annexed drawings.

The valve is provided with an upward-pro-` f jecting handle, d', by which to manipulate,it.

To prevent the liquidrfrom flowing outroff 45 the top of the receptacle A in the process'of` pouring the, liquid therefrom, Iprovide said receptaclewith alid, Z, whichis divided transversely andhas onehalf fixed to the'receptaf cle, Vsoas to cover thehalf adjacent to the 5o spout b, and the `other section ofthe lid `is hinged tothe ixed'section.. l In operating the described pitcher the-val ve is iirst drawn up to draw clear liquid from the bottom of the pitcher, and then any desired 55. amount of foam' can be added/to the drawn liquid by pushing the valve down, ,sofas to. close the lower port, a, and open the fupper" port,a. Havingvdescribed my invention,what I claim 6o as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, f 1s 1 The improved beerpitcher consisting of the' a receptacle A,'provide d with the ports a and a', respectively at 'or near its basev and 'at or '65 near the top, `the spout b, extending from bey Aneath the port a to the top of the receptacle, I

thevertical guides c c, the valved, slidinginv said guides 'and reaching from the bottom of one port to the bottorn'ofthe vother port, and 7o f thelid Z onthe top of the receptacle,substan j Y tially as described and shown. f

VVIn testimony whereofIhavehereunto signed 't my name, in the presence of two witnesses, at

Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the 75 State of New York, this 22dlday` of December,

MYRQN sToNE. [n 5.1 t a y Witnesses: i A

C. H. DUELL,

' N. M. SnAMnNs. 

